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The term for culturally defined relationships between individuals who are commonly thought of as having family ties. | kinship |
The general term for socially recognized links between ancestors and descendants. | descent (or descent bond) |
The kind of kinship bond that links husband or wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. | affinity (or marriage) bond |
The formal kinship analysis term for people who are related by bonds of affinity. | affines (or affinal relatives) |
The kind of kinship bond that links people through socially recognized biological ties, such as mother, father, grandparents, children, grandchildren, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and cousins. | consanguinity |
The formal kinship analysis term for people who are related by bonds of consanguinity. | consanguines (or consanguinal relatives) |
The term for a socially recognized link between individuals, created as an expedient for dealing with special circumstances, such as the bond between a godmother and her godchild. These bonds are based on friendship and other personal relationships rather than marriage or descent. | fictive kinship |
The kind of kin term used when addressing someone directly in contrast to when they are referring to them in a conversation with someone else. | term of address |
The kind of kin term used when referring to someone in a conversation with someone else. | term of reference |
The kind of kinship bond that links parents to their adopted children. | fictive kinship |
A fictive kinship term used for godparents among Spanish speakers in Latin America. | comadre (co-mother) or compadre (co-father) |